reuníavsrunaConfusable pair

Quick tell: reunía is a verb, runa is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“reunía” is a verb and “runa” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,034
“reunía” frequency rank
#41,061
“runa” frequency rank
66095
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reunía runa
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de reunir. Cada uno de los caracteres angulosos de varios alfabetos derivados del itálico antiguo empleados por los pueblos germánicos durante la Antigüedad y el Medioevo.

Where the eye mixes reunía and runa

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. reunía runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against runa's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
reunía
4 ch
runa

Visual trap between reunía and runa

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reunía is [rewˈnia] while runa is [ˈruna]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66095, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reunía is recorded at frequency rank #25,034, classified as averb, pronounced [rewˈnia]. runa is at rank #41,061, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈruna].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 66095, this pair ranks #40,785 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reunía vs runa

Shared letters: anru. Private to "reunía": eí. Private to "runa": -.

"reunía" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV  ·  "runa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • runa ← rnua · rruna · ruan · runna

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reunía" and "runa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reunía" is a verb and "runa" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "reunía" or "runa" show up more?
"reunía" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,034 in our Spanish list, against #41,061 for "runa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reunía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "runa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #40,785 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reunía" and "runa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "riba vs runa". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #40,785 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list